Sermons

Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 29th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Introduction The title for this evening’s sermon is “Herod Contra Mundum.” This is, as we’ve seen, the third Herod, also known as Herod Agrippa. “Contra Mundum” is a common Latin phrase literally…

Sermon for Sunday, January 29th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Hag 2:1-9 ESV] 1 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 22nd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 12:6-17 ESV] 6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were…

Sermon for Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jos 24:1-13 ESV] 1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 15th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 12:1-5 ESV] 1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that…

Sermon for Sunday, January 15th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jos 23:1-16 ESV] 1 A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2 Joshua summoned…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 8th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 11:19-30 ESV] 19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one…

Sermon for Sunday, January 8th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 18:13-17 ESV] 13 If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame. 14 A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear? 15 An…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 1st, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 11:1-18 ESV] 1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the…

Sermon for Sunday, January 1st, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jos 22:1-9 ESV] 1 At that time Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2 and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of the…

Sermon for Sunday, December 25th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Deu 18:15-22 ESV] 15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers–it is to him you shall listen– 16 just as you…

Sermon for Saturday, December 24th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture Reading: [Act 1:1-11 ESV] 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself…